Blight comes to Melbourne!

[Jesse Christ 2,884]

i'm no keyboard hero, i try and avoid abusing or denigrating other peoples opinions on these boards.

if i have sonething along those lines to say i make sure i'm prepared to say it to their face.

and yes, i did question col's motivation when last speaking to him and also asked why he hasn't been in the leadership group.

so i'm happy to meet you outside the g sometime this year and you can tell me what you really think.

coward

The private message you sent me begs to differ.

[Guest oldman emubitter]

The private message you sent me begs to differ.

as i said, happy to meet

[hardtack 10,500]

as i said, happy to meet

I notice you said "and yes, i did question col's motivation when last speaking to him and also asked why he hasn't been in the leadership group" - out of interest, what was his response?

...and on the running dispute with SmcF... nyuk! nyuk! nyuk! :-)

[rpfc 28,207]

I don't want to interfere here, but just keep in mind the Code of Conduct (a sticky on the main board) and try not to bully people.

As sincere as we may think we are - text changes what we mean, so take care when you PM someone.

[rjay 24,778]

Some interesting reading looking through these posts, we can get a much clearer insight into Neeld's approach now and also see how some of the players stood up whilst many others have fallen by the wayside.

Silvia is an interesting one for me and Neeld has really put the acid on him at times this season particularly playing him as a defensive forward on occasion just to see if he could do a team job. So far he has passed the test.

[RalphiusMaximus 6,013]

# Green to retire. Spot on

# Davey to be traded if he continues to sulk. Pulled his finger out and started working harder.

# Rivers, X roads this year Did really well all year and moved on to look for a premiership

# Sylvia, X roads this year Got over his early injuries and played some of his best football this year

# Morton, X roads this year Failed to get his act together and was given away basically for free so we wouldn't have to keep him for another year

# Bennell, X roads this year Was given plenty of chances, but couldn't bring himself to attack the ball

# JMac, X roads this year Took on more responsibility in the backline and did well with Rivers and Garland forward

# Dunn, X roads this year New role in back six suited him. Cemented a spot in the 22.

# Bate, X roads this year Tried hard but couldn't produce at AFL level. Worth the experiment but a failure in the end.

as I see it.

Very interesting this post. Hit the nail pretty firmly on the head.

[dee-luded 2,959]

Very interesting this post. Hit the nail pretty firmly on the head.

Thanks RM, I've also posted elsewhere that I wanted Jurrah traded & Bennell traded out, & Jetta to be kept on, as I see Jetta a likely small who have a dip.

Jetta, in a gamestyle which suits him, I think will start to shine as he receives more appreciation & starts to believe.

[rjay 24,778]

Malcolm Blight along with Mick Malthouse are mentors to Mark Neeld. When Blight took over at Adelaide he delisted, not traded 4 senior players (McGuiness, McDermott, Jarman, Anderson), all champions of the club who bled whatever colors they have. If he were to walk into the Melbourne FC what would he do, who would he delist, who would he trade. Remember to trade you need something of value, not players past there prime you are thinking of delisting or the top up players spending most of their time at Casey.

If we get more performances like yesterday it becomes an issue, I think it already is in Neeld's eye as there was one little comment he made in his press conference, when asked if the performance really surprised him he said "NO".

My guess is there will be a number of senior players delisted at the end of this season and in the coaches turn of phrase "fair enough". There will also be a few that can't handle the heat in the Neeld kitchen who will go, "fair enough", and there will be some traded to help build a better list "fair enough". I've made my thoughts known on some of our senior players on other threads so won't labour the point here but one thing is for sure is that the list will have a very different look next season.

Would you like a Blight approach to our list? or are we too precious about our boys? Like it or not we have the Neeld approach for the next 3 years minimum and I think we are in for an interesting ride, very interesting.